brew

Install squid with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Advanced proxy caching server for HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and Gopher. Version 7.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-08.

Install command Security notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install squid

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install squid

MacPorts ports tree · net/squid/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add squid

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · squid · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install squid

Debian stable package indexes · squid · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install squid

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · squid · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#squid

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/sq/squid/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S squid

Arch Linux sync databases · squid · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install squid

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · squid · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Chocolateyverified · 92%

choco install squid

Chocolatey community package catalog · squid · source: community.chocolatey.org

overview

Package summary

Advanced proxy caching server for HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and Gopher

Project links

Commands and aliases

squid

history

Project history and usage

Squid is a long-running open-source web proxy cache used for HTTP caching, access control, logging, traffic optimization, and content delivery.

Project history

The official Squid introduction says Squid is based on the Harvest Cache Daemon from the early 1990s and was one of two forks after the Harvest project ended. The project was funded by an NSF grant for caching research before continuing through volunteer donations and occasional commercial investment.

Adoption history

The official site describes Squid as used by companies for web traffic savings, performance, faster browsing, and static, dynamic, and streaming content delivery. The versions page notes that many operating systems include Squid in ports and package systems, and the input package-manager facts list broad coverage across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Nix, Alpine, Chocolatey, MacPorts, and openSUSE families.

How it is used

Administrators run Squid as a proxy caching server for HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and related traffic, using its configuration reference, FAQ, wiki, logging, access controls, cache hierarchy support, and package-vendor updates for normal operations.

Why package nerds care

Package nerds care because Squid is one of the classic Unix network daemons: old, heavily packaged, configuration-driven, security-advisory-bearing, and still relevant wherever a local proxy cache or controlled egress point is useful.

Timeline

Early 1990s: Harvest Cache Daemon developed.
1990s: Squid forked from the Harvest cache codebase.
2006: Squid FAQ converted to a wiki that became the authoritative version.
2018: Squid 3.5.27 old-version release listed by the official versions page.
2023: Squid 5.9 old-version release listed by the official versions page.
2026: Squid 7.6 listed as the current stable release on the official versions page.

Related projects

Harvest Cache Daemon, NetApp NetCache, Squid cache manager, ICP, proxy authentication helpers, web-cache log analyzers.

Sources

https://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/AboutSquid
https://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/
https://www.squid-cache.org/Intro/
https://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/
source_facts.package-manager

security posture

Risk level: orange

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
formula declares a Homebrew service

Signals

metadata:service
text:http,ftp,server

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Formula metadata declares a service or daemon block.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`squid`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version7.6

manager updated2026-06-08

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/squid-cache/squid

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/squid-cache/squidnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:squid
Version	7.6
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/squid
Homepage	https://www.squid-cache.org/
Repository	https://github.com/squid-cache/squid
Upstream docs	https://github.com/squid-cache/squid#readme
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Source archive	https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/releases/download/SQUID_7_6/squid-7.6.tar.bz2
Last updated	2026-06-08T13:34:28Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	openssl@3
Uses from macOS	libxcrypt
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	squid
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

squid 6.13-2+deb13u1

Full featured Web Proxy cache (HTTP proxy GnuTLS flavour)

http://www.squid-cache.org

sudo apt install squid

Section: web
Architecture: amd64
22 dependencies
10 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Squid

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: squid from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

squid-cgi 6.13-2+deb13u1

Full featured Web Proxy cache (HTTP proxy) - control CGI

http://www.squid-cache.org

sudo apt install squid-cgi

Section: web
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: squid
6 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Squid

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: squid-cgi from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

squid-common 6.13-2+deb13u1

Full featured Web Proxy cache (HTTP proxy) - common files

http://www.squid-cache.org

sudo apt install squid-common

Section: web
Architecture: all
Source Package: squid
1 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Squid

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: squid-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

squid-openssl 6.13-2+deb13u1

Full featured Web Proxy cache (HTTP proxy OpenSSL flavour)

http://www.squid-cache.org

sudo apt install squid-openssl

Section: web
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: squid
15 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Squid

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: squid-openssl from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

squid-purge 6.13-2+deb13u1

Full featured Web Proxy cache (HTTP proxy) - cache management utility

http://www.squid-cache.org

sudo apt install squid-purge

Section: web
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: squid
3 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Squid

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: squid-purge from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

squidclient 6.13-2+deb13u1

Full featured Web Proxy cache (HTTP proxy) - HTTP(S) message utility

http://www.squid-cache.org

sudo apt install squidclient

Section: web
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: squid
6 dependencies
2 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Squid

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: squidclient from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

squid

nix profile install nixpkgs#squid

normalized package name match
Matched by: Squid

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sq/squid/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Ubuntu apt95%

squid 6.6-1ubuntu5

Full featured Web Proxy cache (HTTP proxy GnuTLS flavour)

http://www.squid-cache.org

sudo apt install squid

Section: web
Architecture: amd64
26 dependencies
10 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Squid

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: squid from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

squid-cgi 6.6-1ubuntu5

Full featured Web Proxy cache (HTTP proxy) - control CGI

http://www.squid-cache.org

sudo apt install squid-cgi

Section: universe/web
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: squid
6 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Squid

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: squid-cgi from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

squid-common 6.6-1ubuntu5

Full featured Web Proxy cache (HTTP proxy) - common files

http://www.squid-cache.org

sudo apt install squid-common

Section: web
Architecture: all
Source Package: squid
1 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Squid

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: squid-common from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

squid-openssl 6.6-1ubuntu5

Full featured Web Proxy cache (HTTP proxy OpenSSL flavour)

http://www.squid-cache.org

sudo apt install squid-openssl

Section: universe/web
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: squid
25 dependencies
10 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Squid

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: squid-openssl from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

squid-purge 6.6-1ubuntu5

Full featured Web Proxy cache (HTTP proxy) - cache management utility

http://www.squid-cache.org

sudo apt install squid-purge

Section: universe/web
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: squid
3 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Squid

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: squid-purge from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

squidclient 6.6-1ubuntu5

Full featured Web Proxy cache (HTTP proxy) - HTTP(S) message utility

http://www.squid-cache.org

sudo apt install squidclient

Section: universe/web
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: squid
6 dependencies
2 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Squid

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: squidclient from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

apk95%

squid 7.5-r0

Full-featured Web proxy cache server

https://www.squid-cache.org/

sudo apk add squid

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: squid
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Squid

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: squid from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

squid-doc 7.5-r0

Full-featured Web proxy cache server (documentation)

https://www.squid-cache.org/

sudo apk add squid-doc

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: squid
normalized package name match
Matched by: Squid

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: squid-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

squid-lang-af 7.5-r0

squid language pack for af

https://www.squid-cache.org/

sudo apk add squid-lang-af

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: squid
1 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Squid

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: squid-lang-af from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/squid.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install squid with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Additional install commands

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Commands and aliases

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Project history

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How it is used

Why package nerds care

Timeline

Related projects

Sources

Risk level: orange

Risk classifier

Why

Signals

Install behavior

Recommended review

Installed executables

Version and freshness

Package metadata

Source database details

Other package-manager records

Internal package links

Topical hubs

Related tools

Same workflow

Agent security guides

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